Chapter 100 Something is wrong, is there a master? 【Six thousand! 】
“If you feel like you didn’t do a good enough job, don’t make the same mistake again next time.”
"We don't have much time left. Our opponent in the finals will almost certainly be SKT."
"Meiko, apologizing won't solve the problem, only hard work will."
Xu Yuan stood up without comforting Meiko too much.
He just patted him on the shoulder and spoke calmly.
He didn't want Meiko to follow Keria's path.
I only regret it after the fight every time, so what's the use? When you can seize the opportunity, you must seize it.
After the handshake session, today's post-match interview was still given to Xu Yuan.
This is a fact that even Tengjing cannot change.
Although EDG does not play four-for-one, Xu Yuan is now playing one-for-four.
In the two games against SKT, he perfectly did everything AD should do and was the biggest contributor to the victory.
If you don’t want to interview Xu Yuan, then who else is worthy of this interview stage?
Facing the host's question, Xu Yuan answered very officially.
When asked if he was confident in achieving a better result in the next knockout round, Xu Yuan just smiled and made a V sign for victory in front of the camera.
"Damn it, does Yuan Shen still have confidence now? I already lost confidence when I saw the B operation of the assistant."
"Alas, even if we lose this time, I won't blame Xu Yuan anymore. An ADC's ability to affect the early rhythm is too low, so there is really nothing we can do."
"Indeed, of the five tough guys on SKT, only Yuan Shen and the junior mid laner on our side can stand up to us. The other three feel like shit. SKT in BO5 is stronger than them in BO1..."
Just on the screen, the host also asked this question.
"We all know that SKT's BO5 is very strong. They have almost never lost a BO5. Do you think we will have a chance to win if we meet SKT in the next knockout round?"
Xu Yuan smiled and said, "SKT is undoubtedly a strong opponent, and there is indeed pressure to play against them."
"but……"
He paused, looking a little confused.
"Have you rarely lost to BO5? But I remember the last winner of S5MSI, it seems to be our EDG?"
"SKT in S5 is also very strong, right?"
"I never think any team is invincible, and I never think any team is invincible."
The host was stunned.
It really is! SKT in S5…
To be honest, that dominance is much stronger than SKT in S7.
The combination of stupid chicken and Faker in the golden period, the comprehensive and exaggerated Marin, and the bottom lane team that never makes mistakes.
But they still lost to EDG that year in MSI.
Yes, the top laner of EDG's current lineup is much weaker than that of EDG at that time.
But the opponent is also much weaker.
Aguang cannot be compared with Korol from S5.
However, are Huni and Marin the same level of top laners? To put it bluntly, everyone is in the same situation, no matter what, no one can win.
At least logically speaking, there is no problem with Xu Yuan's words.
After getting off the interview stage, Mingkai handed him the peripheral bag, put his arm around his shoulders and asked softly.
"Yuanzi, are you really so confident?"
To be honest, Mingkai himself didn't have much confidence.
He was almost beaten out of his inner demon by Little Peanut before, but thanks to his two MSI wins, this situation has subsided a lot.
"Actually not."
Xu Yuan glanced at him and smiled.
"what?"
"SKT will definitely be difficult to beat. They moved four times today. I have no doubt that next time we meet in BO5, they will choose to move five against me."
Xu Yuan tightened his peripheral bag, "And kkoma will definitely continue to target me."
"Our tactics are too simple now. We rely on me to withstand pressure in the bottom lane and take on the missing rhythm in the middle and field."
"Then when I develop enough to take over the game, I can play in a team."
"You can't fail to see this with KKoma's ability. Next time in BO5, there will definitely be a killer move."
Ming Kai was a little confused.
"Since you know this, why do you still act so confident? If you lose at that time, there will definitely be haters who will take this as an excuse and accuse you of being arrogant."
He really couldn't figure it out.
Doesn't this bring trouble to yourself?
Xu Yuan stopped, placed his bright eyes on him, and shook his head.
"I really wasn't sure of winning, but I had to show confidence when they interviewed me."
"because……"
"If the players themselves don't dare to show confidence, how desperate must the fans be?"
Xu Yuan continued to walk forward, and Ming Kai quickly followed.
"Imagine you are an LPL viewer. The host asks the players if they can win tomorrow, and then the players express uncertainty. Would you feel uneasy?"
"This is normal, so even if I lose in the end, I must say that I am confident of winning."
"Everyone doesn't have confidence, it doesn't matter, I will give everyone confidence."
"As for spraying me after losing...I don't care."
This is what Xu Yuan thinks.
Standing in this position represents the honor of the division.
He should give the people of LPL hope!
In this era of LCK dominance, this can only be achieved by speaking words of absolute confidence.
Ming Kai was suddenly shocked.
He looked at Xu Yuan's somewhat immature profile.
He is only, 17 years old.
This awareness is something that many players, including him, do not have.
After all, many e-sports players are Internet-addicted teenagers in the eyes of the public. Even if they have such thoughts, they are often shy and reluctant to speak out.
But Xu Yuan had such an idea from the beginning and put it into action.
'Because I represent the LPL, I have to give the fans hope. '
It sounds simple, but it takes a lot of courage to do it.
Because once it fails, the audience will not be lenient in the reckoning after the game! Is this Xu Yuan's pattern? Mingkai suddenly felt that even though Xu Yuan was the youngest, he might actually be the most mature person in the entire team.
After calming down, he followed Xu Yuan's pace and walked towards the bus.
"So your interaction with ESPN on Twitter is also to boost the confidence of the audience?"
Ming Kai asked.
"Huh? Ah, yes."
Xu Yuan was stunned for a moment, then nodded without changing his expression.
Actually no, he didn't even think of going there, he just felt disgusted with ESPN.
Who told ESPN to disgust him? Revenge with directness, revenge never overnight.
This is Xu Yuan's way of forbearance!
"Take a look and see what they say about you."
At this moment, SKT has returned to the hotel where they rested.
It's in coach KKoma's bedroom.
kkoma uses the hotel’s screen to project the screen on his mobile phone.
Lee Sang Hyuk pushed up his glasses and silently looked at the comments from the domestic audience.
"Destroy it, SKT. I really can't imagine that SKT, who represented our Great Cold Kingdom, actually ended the MSI group stage with two consecutive losses against the LPL."
"Seriously, SKT can now study their opponents in the ocean. Remember not to wear swimming trunks when you swim back. They are not worthy."
"Wolf, prepare to die. I will be waiting for you at Seoul Station. I am looking forward to what kind of expression you will have when I stab your body with a knife. The humiliated trash like us has no right to live here anymore. World."
Wolf, who was relatively calm at first, became a little uncontrollable when he saw this comment, and stood up in a hurry.
why? Because this kind of talk may be considered a joke in the LPL.
But over in Korea...
Sorry, what LCK viewers focus on is the truth! The figure lingering outside Samsung Club, the extreme fan who sneaked into KT Club and was arrested...
It all shows that Korean fans can really do it.
If he says he wants to kill you offline, he will probably actually do it!
How could Wolf be calm now? Xiba, although the Korean server is the king, it is not the king in reality! If someone really wants to be stabbed, who can withstand it?
Make a career, Xiba! Lives are in danger now! "Don't worry. If we lose, we won't go to Seoul Station when we go home. Fans won't block our chance."
KKoma saw Wolf's reaction and comforted him.
However, Wolf's face was still ugly.
This is one of the reasons why he wants to retire.
Different from LPL.
Whenever there is a problem in the LCK World Championship, it is basically easy to face this kind of death threat.
Never underestimate the defensive power of extreme fans. If you dare to lose the game and let him break your defense, he will really dare to find opportunities to kill you alone in reality.
Even Wolf has forgotten how many times this has happened.
The pressure was really too much, and no one wanted to lose their life just by playing a game.
Although SKT's previous results were pretty good, they have already experienced this situation once in the S5 MSI.
That time, there were actually people guarding Seoul Station.
If the security personnel accompanying the team hadn't reacted quickly and pulled the man away, I really don't know what would have happened.
That time also really shocked the wolf.
And that extreme fan didn't name him that time, so he didn't necessarily come to kill him alone.
This time, they were directly named.
How could he calm down?
"Losing two group matches has already become such a public opinion. If this continues, once we lose the final..."
kkoma had a headache and rubbed his forehead, "You don't need to say more, do you? We don't have much time left."
"I know, some of you must think that the two games EDG won were just accidents, and we are still stronger."
"But what I want to say is that no matter what, if the opponent wins, it is a win. We can no longer be careless and vigilant. We are the losers now."
His tone is serious, "We must correct our mentality and treat our opponents as teams on the same level as us. Stop trying to give them any opportunities. What I want to see is perfect operation and unsolvable rhythm. I don't want to see you give the opponent another chance. I understand. Yet?"
KKoma's words were very serious, but there was nothing he could do about it.
Players must be made aware of the seriousness of the matter.
"We have analyzed what kind of team EDG is many times, and I won't say much more. The rest is a tactical game."
kkoma clapped his hands,
"Come here, I'll teach you how to beat EDG!"
Until this moment, SKT finally let go of its slight contempt for EDG, no longer took any chances, and recognized EDG's strength.
What is about to begin is the most serious attitude of this SKT team! The SKT we meet again will be the most difficult SKT!
And just when the teams on both sides were reviewing the results and trying to find more ways to break through the other side.
On the LPL side, the champagne has already begun.
Don't get me wrong, they didn't think they had already won the final against SKT.
But I think I can win two BO1s like this...
Enough is really enough.
To put it bluntly, their expectations for EDG are not high. Even if MSI can beat SKT in the group stage, they can complete their revenge against Europe and the United States.
This is considered a that their psychological expectations have been met, they naturally want to open the champagne.
Will you win or lose in the final?
Who cares about this thing? If you win one, you will be successful! Especially this time, they completed a double-kill against SKT in the group stage. There is no doubt that it is worthy of bragging at this time.
Let’s talk about it now!
"It's great! Is this what it feels like to win against the Korean team?"
"Double kill SKT! Even if we don't win in the end, I think it's enough. After all, it's SKT."
"Yuan Shen performed really well in MSI this time. Unfortunately, the gap between my teammates is too big. There is no sound at all on the road, so I can only stay in the front row. Alas."
"In the last round of the group stage, B Tian Tian's crime was too exaggerated. Is Yuan Shen really being attacked from both sides? Except for the double C, no one in EDG is innocent."
"Anyway, we have already won two games! MSI is really good this time. After all, the winner is the Korean team!"
"really!"
This is the current state of public opinion.
Many people feel that this is enough now.
Even Huang Za no longer sprays EDG.
"The Koreans are too strong. Winning two games in the group stage is enough."
This is what many people think.
After all, the LCK's dominance of League of Legends has almost reached its peak now.
The LPL was beaten like a dead dog in the S6 World Championship.
And this time not only can they not beat South Korea, but they can't even beat Europe and the United States.
It can be called the darkest World Championship in recent years.
The best results in the top eight are basically the top [-].
It is conceivable that what confidence can the audience have in their hearts?
Underneath the essence of celebration, there is already subconscious fear.
They are afraid, afraid of the Korean team!
When he plays Xu Yuan, he always talks down to his teammates.
Because they felt that Xu Yuan might have a chance to win, but his teammates were too cheating.
So if we separate Xu Yuan from his teammates, at least we can still retain the hope of having a chance to beat the Korean team.
EDG?no.
Xu Yuan?OK!
Naturally, someone has already moved Xu Yuan's post-match interview.
"How do you evaluate Yuan Shen's post-match interview?"
The accompanying picture is a screenshot of an interview video posted on Weibo, with encouraging comments from Weibo sisters below.
"Come on EDG! Keep this up and beat SKT in the finals!"
"Savior is so fierce, my treasure!"
"Yuanbao, go, go, go! We must win!"
"You should also pay attention to adjusting your state in Tianye, and don't let your mentality be affected!"
Let’s take a look at the resistance.
oi!
Does the sister on Weibo have any understanding of games?
You actually think you can beat SKT?
The current anti-bar can be said to be dominated by Han Za, mainly because their results are really good.
So when faced with the comments from the Weibo sisters in the screenshot, it can be described as extremely mocking.
I feel like people don’t understand.
Then I noticed that Xu Yuan acted very confident during the interview.
This left them at a loss as to what to say.
I have to criticize Xu Yuan... He really plays well, he is the one who works the hardest in the team, and he has really won two games.
Let's talk about recognition... Anyone with a discerning eye knows that SKT's BO1 and BO5 are completely different strengths.
So what can you say? Only sigh.
"Yuan Shen... he really wants to win. As a player, he cannot fail to know that it is difficult to win. The first two games have more or less luck."
"I think Yuan Shen said this to give us some confidence, right? Why are everyone so pessimistic and just surrender? Yuan Shen hasn't given up yet."
"It's so rude. Now I feel like I'm the audience who got in first when the contestant was about to fight to the death. I feel a little guilty."
"Indeed, the damn players haven't admitted defeat yet. Why are you all thinking about losing in the finals now?"
"Fuck! Isn't it just SKT? Even if we really lose, we can just play again in the World Championship! Believe in Yuan Shen! Even if we lose this time, EDG can still win with reinforcements in the summer competition!"
"Yes, we didn't have any hope before, but it's different now! We have Yuan Shen!"
Xu Yuan’s interview video was directly on Bilibili’s hot search list in a short period of time.
Quietly, something began to change.
Regardless of whether we can win or not, we haven’t started fighting yet!
In this case, it cannot be considered a loss.
Whether you can win or not will only be known after you have fought! Xu Yuan's interview gave many people some meager confidence.
Although it's not much, it is there after all.
Teng Jing was extremely anxious now.
"What's going on? What's going on?!"
It's still the same office, but now the person in charge has been changed.
He slapped the table dissatisfiedly.
"Why is Xu Yuan so popular all of a sudden? We just decided to promote Uzi, what does he want to do?"
"Resources have been allocated, and he wants to go against us?"
"Director Wang, it's MSI now. According to the investigation, the hot spot is Xu Yuan's interview video after defeating SKT. Because he said he could win the finals, the popularity exploded."
The assistant next to him spoke quickly.
"Oh?"
Director Wang touched his chin and smiled,
He relaxed on the chair and said, "That doesn't matter."
"The more famous the big words you say now, the easier it will be to backlash later. SKT cannot be defeated by EDG."
"Once he is taken away by someone else three to zero, huh, he will be miserable then."
"Just keep running the business, there's no need to worry about it."
Now that a candidate has been selected, the current person in charge of Tengjing is naturally not willing to let his good situation be ruined.
For him, it would be best for EDG to lose in this MSI game.
Because of this, the plan to create a god for Uzi can continue.
As for EDG winning?
Damn it, can SKT lose to EDG?
These disturbances have nothing to do with EDG at this time.
After the review was completed, the training match with the domestic team started immediately without pausing for a moment.
Especially IG!
"What a nice guy, IG."
Abu couldn't help but sigh.
To say that this IG is really good, they are already on vacation now, and they are still willing to take over EDG's training matches.
"What a good guy, EDG."
Coach Mafa couldn't help but sigh.
Playing regular scrims with MSI participating teams has made IG's progress very fast.
Both sides are quite satisfied.
Aguang gritted his teeth and persisted.
Although he hasn't fought for a while, Theshy's suppressive power is still terrifying.
A Guang, who had already gained some experience in fighting huni, became more prepared again.
Meiko, who was on the bottom lane, no longer dared to be careless.
Today's mistake is too big a problem.
He must correct his mentality, otherwise EDG will lose even its last chance to defeat SKT.
The current situation is far more difficult than he imagined!
After realizing this, Meiko stopped being careless and played every training match seriously.
To put it bluntly, the winning streak some time ago made him a little drifting, but now that he almost lost the game, he has completely sobered up.
Time passed little by little, and soon it was May 21st, BJ time.
All four teams in the knockout round have been determined.
FW, SKT, EDG, G2.
As the first in the group, EDG got the right of priority and chose FW.
Very simple reason.
Because FW is easier to play than G2.
Moreover, their top lane can't put any pressure on A Guang. This BO5 with them is basically a sure thing for Abu.
If you can choose a weaker opponent, you must choose it. Otherwise, why would you use this qualification?
Regardless of whether we can beat SKT or not, let's wait until we meet SKT in the finals.
In the cheers of the audience, the knockout round officially began.
In the first game, EDG faced off against FW!
Three to zero, easily taken away.
In the first round, EDG played relatively steadily, but Scout in the middle was already too much for FW to deal with.
Xu Yuan developed steadily, and during the team battle period, Double C came out and took over the game.
Karsa's early rhythm was very good, but Mingkai's condition has improved now.
After breaking the inner demon of Little Peanut, he finally gained some confidence in controlling thunder and lightning like he did in LPL.
In the second round, FW tried to target Xu Yuan.
This time, EDG changed their strategy.
They no longer care about Xu Yuan, but continue to fight around the bottom lane team to protect the bottom lane! Stop pretending, showdown.
It's just four guarantees and one guarantee.
Although this method may not work well against the Korean team's four-one system, but if it can't cure the Koreans, it can't cure you? After getting Jinx, Xu Yuan launched a crazy shot, and the team battle after taking off was almost devastating.
The FW on the third hand had already lost confidence, and its operation had begun to deform slightly.
Only Karsa was able to stabilize his mentality, but it was no longer helpful.
The three games took a total of one and a half hours, and FW was taken away at the speed of light.
EDG, advance to the finals first! "It's different."
Coach KKoma's expression suddenly became serious.
EDG's tactics have changed! If EDG a few days ago relied more on late team battles to win, then in the knockout stage EDG, their early rhythm suddenly became very strong!
what's the situation? kkoma is puzzled.
The only possible explanation is that a team with similar strength to EDG has been playing training games with EDG these days.
Moreover, they specialize in the early and mid-term! That's why EDG's style will change.
But how is this possible? EDG is on the LPL side, isn't it disconnected? kkoma: Something is wrong, there are still experts? He originally wanted to focus on his career, but he got a weird system. As a result, the canyon lost a "cook" and the competition field gained a "comedian".
(End of this chapter)